God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 3:25
25⌞Women,⌟ your warriors will die in combat. Your mighty men will die in battle.
Isaiah 3:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
- New International Version (NIV)Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your men shall fall by the sword and your mighty men in battle.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your men shall fall by the sword, And your mighty in the war.
Context of Isaiah 3:25
23mirrors, underwear, headdresses, and veils. 24Instead of the smell of perfume, there will be the smell of decay. They will wear ropes instead of belts. They will have bald heads instead of beautiful hair. They will wear sackcloth instead of expensive clothes. Their beauty will be scarred. ⌞Women,⌟ your warriors will die in combat. Your mighty men will die in battle. 26The gates of Zion will cry and grieve, and Zion will sit on the ground, exhausted.
Read all of Isaiah 3Isaiah 3:25 word by word
מְתַ֖יִךְ בַּחֶ֣רֶב יִפֹּ֑לוּ וּגְבוּרָתֵ֖ךְ בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 3:25
- 2 Chronicles 29:9Our fathers were killed in battle, and our sons, daughters, and wives are prisoners because of this.
- Jeremiah 11:22This is what the Lord of Armies says: I’m going to punish them. The young men will die because of war. Their sons and daughters will die because of famine.
- Jeremiah 14:18If I go to the field, I see those killed because of war. If I go to the city, I see those sick because of famine. Prophets and priests wander through a land they haven’t heard of.
- Jeremiah 18:21Now, hand their children over to famine. Pour out their ⌞blood⌟ by using your sword. Then their wives will become childless widows. Their husbands will be put to death. Their young men will be struck down in battle.
- Jeremiah 19:7I will smash the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will cut them down with swords in front of their enemies and with the hands of those who want to kill them. I will give their bodies as food to birds and to animals.
- Jeremiah 21:9Those who live in this city will die in the war, famine, or plague. Those of you who go out and surrender to the Babylonians will live. You will escape with your lives.
- Lamentations 2:21Young and old lie on the ground in the streets. My young women and men are cut down by swords. You killed them on the day of your anger. You slaughtered them without any pity.
- Amos 9:10All the sinners among my people are thinking, “Destruction will not catch up to us or run into us.” In spite of this, they will be killed with swords.
Commentaries on Isaiah 3:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Thy mighty men - For גבורתך geburathech an ancient MS. has גבורך gibborech . The true reading, from the Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, and Chaldee, seems to be גבוריך gibborayich .Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Thy men - This is an address to Jerusalem itself, by a change not uncommon in the writings of Isaiah. In the calamities coming on them, their strong men should be overcome, and fall in battle.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-26Verses 16-26 The prophet reproves and warns the daughters of Zion of the sufferings coming upon them. Let them know that God notices the folly and vanity of proud women, even of their dress. The punishments threatened answered the sin. Loathsome diseases often are the just punishment of pride. It is not material to ask what sort of ornaments they wore; many of these things, if they had not been in fashion, would have been ridiculed then as now. Their…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25Your men will fall … in battle: Part of the city’s hopeless destitution (extreme poverty and loss) would be the deaths of the men.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. Thy men--of Jerusalem.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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